Category: Construction and Maintenance
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Fast Pace on Shop Construction
The construction for the new shop is proceeding at a fast pace this week. The second wall went up rapidly on Tuesday. By Wednesday, the other walls were up, and much of the plywood sheeting was installed. Late Thursday was the start of installing floor joists for the second floor. That should be completed today. Continue reading
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First Wall Is Up!
It was a big day for shop construction today. The first wall was finished and erected! It was a massive effort, but it looks lovely. Boy, enough space to drive the tractor in makes for a very tall first floor. Continue reading
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New Ditch Section
Our irrigation water enters the property on the northeast corner of the orchard. From there, we have a concrete ditch box that sends the water either west to irrigate the orchard and front pasture, or east to irrigate the back cedars pasture. On the property above ours, there is a gate right by where our… Continue reading
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Elk Fence Wire Up
The first section of the new elk fence is up and installed. They stretched it from the middle, where the two rolls that make up this side are spliced together. The high tensile wire can be hard to stretch properly, but once it’s up, it’s a wonderful fence. With all the wire up and stretched,… Continue reading
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More Elk Fence Work
Ken started work on the inflow of the ditch. The neighbors’ cattle make a huge mess and destroy the ditch every summer, so we’re going to install metal culvert pipes up past the gate where the cattle walk. I hope that this’ll prevent the water loss that happens when they smash the ditch sides. Our… Continue reading
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More Elk Fence
We’re continuing to replace the old DOW elk fence around the orchard. L & S Mountain Fence is doing an excellent job for us. They did the elk fence we put around our front pasture and the lower fence around the back cedars pasture. Those pastures allowed us to safely put the horses out back… Continue reading
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Shop Construction
Construction on the shop continues. Bill McKee and his crew were out putting all the rebar in the concrete floors and installing drains. Once all the rebar was installed, we had to wait until Tom McCormick could come and pour the floors. They came back on Thursday to do the work. Continue reading
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Shop Building
Our new shop building really got going this past week. After the footers were poured, the actual foundation walls were formed and poured in. The back of the covered carport area will have a wall, but it’ll be open at the top for light and airflow. The back wall ended up being a bit taller… Continue reading
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Escape!
Unfortunately, no pictures for this one – sorry! Things were too chaotic in the heat of the moment. Needless to say, today was a bit more exciting than I wanted. The morning started with the contractor laying out our new shop. The backhoe operator was moving rock piles and getting ready to level the pad.… Continue reading
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Construction Starts!
Construction started today on the replacement for the old bunkhouse building. all the old stumps were removed, and the rocks were screened from the dirt. We saved the good dirt – we always need fill dirt for things, so we’ll use it somewhere eventually. We grow great rocks on Gavin Mesa, but good dirt is… Continue reading